Weather Records on 3 September 1990

773 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1990. Highest significance: Byrock Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 3 September 1990

On 3 September 1990, 773 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
335 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 733 daily.
Byrock Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 3 September 1990.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

773 stations

773 station records on 3 September 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Novogrudok	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogeveen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gieterveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gomel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Semenovka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zhlobin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mozyr	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rouveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Veendam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Pagoda (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Almen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Constitucion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Constitucion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onnen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dolinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loma Fina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dedemsvaart	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kofa Mine	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Capelle (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Sur	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corrales	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Fundicion (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Cristobal	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Almelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camdenton 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

773 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 214, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 309.

Records on 3 September 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	214
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 733.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

586 broken records

Margins by which the 586 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1990

Top 20 records on 3 September 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1990	Byrock Post Office, AU	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	95 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	125 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Slutsk, BY	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Wapello, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Novogrudok, BY	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Hoogeveen-1, NL	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Gieterveen, NL	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Puente Colgante, MX	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Greer, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Gomel, BY	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Semenovka, UA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Zhlobin, BY	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Mozyr, BY	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Vasilevici, BY	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Rouveen, NL	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Selby, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Hatch, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Partizansk, RU	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Mexico, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1990	Roscoe, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1811 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1990. 1990 had 773 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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Data for records on 1990-09-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	552
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1